Eric Ballman
Surgery · Denver, CONPI 1467913772
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by travel and lodging: $4,758 of the $7,406 with a category attached, or 64.3%. 12 manufacturers reported payments, led by Alphatec Spine, Inc at 26.2% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $5,198, more than ten times the $18 reported in 2019.
Across 53 payments — averaging $139.73 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Alphatec Spine, Inc$2K
- Intuitive Surgical$2K
- Globus Medical$2K
- Davol Inc.$742
- TELA Bio, Inc.$427
- Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated$378
- plus $401 from 6 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$4,75864%
- Food & beverage$1,64722%
- Education$1,00014%
General payments by program year
Who reported the general payments
Companies are grouped under their corporate parent — a single manufacturer often files under several CMS reporting entities. Research and ownership payments are counted separately and are not in this table.
| Company | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Alphatec Spine, Inc | 6 | $1,938 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 6 | $1,800 |
| Globus Medical | 9 | $1,721 |
| Davol Inc. | 10 | $742 |
| TELA Bio, Inc. | 10 | $427 |
| Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated | 4 | $378 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $261 |
| Avanos Medical | 2 | $52 |
| Vertex | 1 | $34 |
| Scpharmaceuticals Inc. | 1 | $23 |
| Antares Pharma, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Kls-martin L.p. | 1 | $13 |
What the payments were tied to
Products named in the reported payments. Only payments of $100 or more are attributed here — the typical reported payment nationally is a meal worth about $16, and listing those product-by-product would be noise.
- Other - Miscellaneous$1,913
- ALIF$1,613
- DAVINCI XI$1,000
- Da Vinci Surgical System$762
- ProGrip$143
- Signia$118
How this compares
$7,406 in reported general payments places this provider in the 70th percentile of 469 surgery providers in Colorado.
Medicare billing
What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.
Other surgery in Denver
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- Drew AlbrightDenver$46K
- Jeffrey CrossDenver$40K
- John WeaverDenver$39K
- Megan LooDenver$36K
- Scott GolembeskiDenver$30K
- David BaerDenver$26K
- Kimberly VanderveenDenver$24K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.